Knightro

Knightro is the official mascot of the University of Central Florida, and its sports teams, the Knights. Knightro appears at UCF sporting events and also appears at UCF-related functions. Knightro is sometimes seen riding a horse around the campus, and occasionally uses a custom car designed and built by UCF Engineering students dubbed "Chariot II." In 1994 a committee was formed to explore and develop a character mascot that would attend athletics events. A number of drawings were submitted by Trey Gordon. With Linda Gooch, Gordon and SGA commissioned Metropolis Graphics to sketch a knight. UCF's first mascot had been the Citronaut in 1969. The first costume was made by Costume World, of Pompano Beach. Gordon filled the mascot position...